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joining us is the former budget director for the obama administration. vice chairman at citigroup, a veteran of these negotiations, thank you for being here on a friday night. >> good to be with you. >> peter, you have been in a lot of these negotiations. you have been in their rhythms and seen how they go. what's your take? >> i think as you pointed out, it's still early. it's december 7th. both sides would be complaining if there was an agreement in place. but you can see the pieces coming together on the fiscal cliff some increase in marginal tax rates coupled with some kind of cutting back on tax expenditures. the real concern is shifting or will shift from the fiscal cliff to the debt limit. it's not clear that the republicans will agree to including a debt limit increase in that kind of package and if they don't, we may get past december 31st only to find ourselves with a big problem in february or march. >> the obama administration has been clear they will not sign anything. even to get past december 31st. so do you think they can hold firm on tha
joining us is the former budget director for the obama administration. vice chairman at citigroup, a veteran of these negotiations, thank you for being here on a friday night. >> good to be with you. >> peter, you have been in a lot of these negotiations. you have been in their rhythms and seen how they go. what's your take? >> i think as you pointed out, it's still early. it's december 7th. both sides would be complaining if there was an agreement in place. but you can see...
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this was him talking about attacks on americans were caused by the obama administration. he's not just a middle east and terrorism analyst for fox news. he's also an advisor on foreign policy and national security to the mitt romney campaign. so when he appears on fox news, he gets to do both jobs, which is probably convenient for the mitt romney campaign. here's jay seculo. he ae appears frequently to talk about legal news. he appears to talk about news. he's talking about what a great intellectual leader paul ryan is. but jay is not just a fox news regular. he's also an advisor to mitt romney. who according to the folks at politico serves as liaison between romney and movement conservatives. you remember john bolten as the ambassador to the u.n. remember him from the george bush years? he has a gig on fox news. you can see here he's explaining how the attack on the u.s. embassy how that was caused by the weakness and fecklessness of the obama administration. but john bolten is not just a fox news tv guy. he's also a romney campaign foreign policy advisor. so he gets to
this was him talking about attacks on americans were caused by the obama administration. he's not just a middle east and terrorism analyst for fox news. he's also an advisor on foreign policy and national security to the mitt romney campaign. so when he appears on fox news, he gets to do both jobs, which is probably convenient for the mitt romney campaign. here's jay seculo. he ae appears frequently to talk about legal news. he appears to talk about news. he's talking about what a great...
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the dodd-frank act, another obama administration initiative, gives a sector of the treasury the power to seize any financial firms, bank, finance company, hedge funds, insurance company. if he thinks it will fail and turned over to the fbi for -- the fdic for liquidation. if the country disagrees the secretary can go to court and compel compliance by the court has one day to make that decision. one day. and if it doesn't decide in that time, the company is turned over for liquidation to the fdic by operation of law. stays and injunctions are not allowed under the law, and it's a felony for anyone to disclose that the secretary asked for courts order. all these elements seem to violate the fifth amendment's prohibition on taking property without due process, and the first amendment's guarantee of free speech. the free speech issue in particular brings us to the record of our speaker, this morning, senator mitch mcconnell, republican from kentucky, and the senate minority leader. in article this past january in the atlantic magazine, not intended of course to be complementary to senator
the dodd-frank act, another obama administration initiative, gives a sector of the treasury the power to seize any financial firms, bank, finance company, hedge funds, insurance company. if he thinks it will fail and turned over to the fbi for -- the fdic for liquidation. if the country disagrees the secretary can go to court and compel compliance by the court has one day to make that decision. one day. and if it doesn't decide in that time, the company is turned over for liquidation to the...
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the first is that the obama administration's u.s. base is the same conflicts in the middle east that been raging for some time, but on a different battleground. everything about the battle ground has changed. the protagonists, identity, their nature has changed, the stakes have changed, the landscape has changed, the degree to which the u.s. has the capacity to make these happen has changed and has declined, and one need not go to the list, but a few things, and many of them have accelerated with the airbus rising -- the arab uprising, the shift toward the gulf, into the vacation of the sunni-shiite and the arab-person contact, and the relative decline of u.s. capacity, not necessarily that people can do things without the u.s.. u.s. is effective as ever in its capacity to get the parties to do what it wants to do, and in that respect it is not the same landscape as we have had before. the second point is that the united states is in the middle east, present in the middle east, it is not of the middle east. i mean it that has always
the first is that the obama administration's u.s. base is the same conflicts in the middle east that been raging for some time, but on a different battleground. everything about the battle ground has changed. the protagonists, identity, their nature has changed, the stakes have changed, the landscape has changed, the degree to which the u.s. has the capacity to make these happen has changed and has declined, and one need not go to the list, but a few things, and many of them have accelerated...
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so they went to the obama administration and said please give us your records, they were required to surrender those records, they didn't do it. there was a long court case, finally they gave the records over. this is an example of why this is needlessly polarized. we should agree on basic facts. we should make it easy to vote and hard to cheat. we can do both. we're america. sadly, we have i think two sides that seem to be talking past each other when the common sense, good government approach is let's streamline the voting process, reduce bureaucratic bundling and also make it charter -- hardtory cheat because there is cheating out there. i can give you example after example. in madison county, florida, the election supervisor has been indicted for election fraud, troy, new york, the election city clerk was indicted for voter fraud. this happens over and over in this country and we can stop it if we take common sense steps. hess host june fund, joining us from new york, also on twitter, c-span/wj. marilyn, our line for democrats, good morning, thank you for waiting. caller: yes, go
so they went to the obama administration and said please give us your records, they were required to surrender those records, they didn't do it. there was a long court case, finally they gave the records over. this is an example of why this is needlessly polarized. we should agree on basic facts. we should make it easy to vote and hard to cheat. we can do both. we're america. sadly, we have i think two sides that seem to be talking past each other when the common sense, good government approach...
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what are the likely international ramifications of the obama administration's approach to missile defense, particularly in europe? to address this question we have three talented and highly qualified experts. to my immediate left is michael not, recently returned from the post in the obama administration as assistant secretary of defense for global security. on my far right dean wilkining and form area technical director of stansell sisak. the doctor has published and spoken widely on bmd. and in the middle is professors theodore postal, professor of science, technology, and national security at m.i.t. ted has also published and spoken widely on this subject. each will speak for about 15 to 20 minutes. hopefully without interruption, unless there's an absolute fit of brilliance that grips, one of us, myself included. this will be followed by 30 minutes of clarification among the speakers where the goal, unlike the recent presidential debates, will be to inform the audience, not to disparage the speaker. then will will be time for q and a, questions and answers, from the audience. and i wi
what are the likely international ramifications of the obama administration's approach to missile defense, particularly in europe? to address this question we have three talented and highly qualified experts. to my immediate left is michael not, recently returned from the post in the obama administration as assistant secretary of defense for global security. on my far right dean wilkining and form area technical director of stansell sisak. the doctor has published and spoken widely on bmd. and...
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he spoke about race, politics and the obama administration. watch it online at the c-span video library with over a quarter century of politic and public affairs on your computer. >>> last month 100 germans gathered for a town hall meeting with angela merkel. she answered questions on germany's economy, national security and concerns over extremist groups. this is an hour and 45 minutes. >> translator: ladies and gentlemen, warm welcome to this first meeting with the chancellor and others. i'm glad that you came. and the chancellor, dr. angela merkel is going to be our host tonight. [ applause ] >> translator: mrs. chancellor, we want to talk today with the people, our guests and how we're going to live together in the future. it's a citizens dialog. i know that you always talk to the citizens. but the format is different. >> translator: first i'd like to thank you for coming and also for the ones who couldn't make it. we're going to change our roles today. here i came to listen to you. to hear your ideas. of course, it doesn't exclude that if
he spoke about race, politics and the obama administration. watch it online at the c-span video library with over a quarter century of politic and public affairs on your computer. >>> last month 100 germans gathered for a town hall meeting with angela merkel. she answered questions on germany's economy, national security and concerns over extremist groups. this is an hour and 45 minutes. >> translator: ladies and gentlemen, warm welcome to this first meeting with the chancellor...
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today we're going to be releasing our report that's illustrates the obama's administration commitment to tearing down barriers that women face in the workplace, in the marketplace, in order to drive america forward. and those of you watching online, you can find the report at whitehouse.gov. the obama administration has helped create more security and opportunity for women in america at every stage of their lives and career. beginning with our girls. and i'm delighted to see we have a few girls with us today. for example, the president's innovative race to the cop competition rewards schools that take steps to close the gaps between girls and boys in classes that prepare them for careers in science and technology and engineering and math. stem as we
today we're going to be releasing our report that's illustrates the obama's administration commitment to tearing down barriers that women face in the workplace, in the marketplace, in order to drive america forward. and those of you watching online, you can find the report at whitehouse.gov. the obama administration has helped create more security and opportunity for women in america at every stage of their lives and career. beginning with our girls. and i'm delighted to see we have a few girls...
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. >> john boehner walked away from the obama administration's third offer. a giant, giant compromise. so he didn't like it when they led. he didn't like the 2340eshing. he decided instead to chart his own course called plan b. plan b was supposed to show president obama that republicans had their own solution and instead of bothering with his offer they would just go ahead and pass their own plan without him. that was the idea, anyway. >> there is breaking news to report tonight out of washington. strange breaking news out of washington. within the last hour republican house speaker john boehner appears to have completely lost control of his own caucus. just about an hour ago john boehner was forced to pull his own plan off the floor because it turns out he did not have the votes from his own side to pass it. he didn't have enough republican votes to pass the republican plan. >> senator schatz, this is now your life. i know that speaker boehner is in the other chamber, but this is what you need to know right now about boehner and his colleagues. john boehner
. >> john boehner walked away from the obama administration's third offer. a giant, giant compromise. so he didn't like it when they led. he didn't like the 2340eshing. he decided instead to chart his own course called plan b. plan b was supposed to show president obama that republicans had their own solution and instead of bothering with his offer they would just go ahead and pass their own plan without him. that was the idea, anyway. >> there is breaking news to report tonight out...
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in the obama administration takeover in 2009, the number of drone attack spike the next year the 2009 numbers more thanded e admstonus atepcyo owe cion tabu t days following, they announced that some key al qaeda or haqqani network leer was killed as if thevenert ovce thdrats become the centerpiece of obama's recalibration of america's global war on terror, even if we di't call it that anymore. the obama administtiont no ten ul uak s t bier ter invawihe ons tfia rd from washington. it was a mexican standoff in baluchistan. here is houbara bustard provided a little wige rm inhat ws nay an, u et about, you know, you forget about homonyms. [laughter] when you are readingouou i a ayisyfgo ri lthelt ast edoiid not actually belong to pakistan are good and quietly signed over to the united arab emirates 20 arsaie an nd bee bais afbeng ll seularof suedbe among the most beautiful places on earth,aside from that though baluchisn is among the few winteringrouds hubbud th inh emmursl ti aemes sara. it is the sporof arab kings and the poor houbara bustard has long been the preferred prey for oners
in the obama administration takeover in 2009, the number of drone attack spike the next year the 2009 numbers more thanded e admstonus atepcyo owe cion tabu t days following, they announced that some key al qaeda or haqqani network leer was killed as if thevenert ovce thdrats become the centerpiece of obama's recalibration of america's global war on terror, even if we di't call it that anymore. the obama administtiont no ten ul uak s t bier ter invawihe ons tfia rd from washington. it was a...
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we talked to reporter fawn johnson about why account obama administration made the decision. >> fawn fawn johnson writes for national journal. why did the administration give some states waivers on the "no child left behind" law? >> it's part of the administration's we can't wait campaign. it was something that they've been discussing for over a year. they originally called it a plan b for no child left behind. the idea was to give states some sort of out to a provision in the law that requires all students to be at grade level in reading and math by 2014. 2014 is coming can up fast. there are some schools that won't make that deadline and obama wanted to give those states some abilities to come up with other school reforms while congress works out whatever problems that they might be having in rewriting the law. >> they gave the waivers to ten states. is it likely other states will follow suit and ask for the waivers as well? >> yes. when the administration first announced the plan which was last september, they offered up what they would call an advance for states who are ready to
we talked to reporter fawn johnson about why account obama administration made the decision. >> fawn fawn johnson writes for national journal. why did the administration give some states waivers on the "no child left behind" law? >> it's part of the administration's we can't wait campaign. it was something that they've been discussing for over a year. they originally called it a plan b for no child left behind. the idea was to give states some sort of out to a provision in...
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administration and a gingrich administration, i look forward very much to working with you, as was said earlier, i have a long history of working with the israel, i look forward seeing you all in the up coming campaign. thank you, very, very much. [ applause ] mr. speaker, we do in fact have time for a question or two, i would like to pose this one. can you elaborate on the ways in which, beyond specifically the threat to israel, you see a nuclear capable iran threatening the broad range of u.s. security interests around the world? >> well, let me say, first of all, i think a nuclear armed pakistan and iran are both threats because either one could have factions which leak nook lar weapons to terrorists, they can have a bomb in a cargo ship, they can have a bomb in a truck that crosses the border, there are a variety of ways to deliver bombs, we have to be planning on the fear and the legitimate fear that we could have not 3100 dead, but 30 thousand dead. we warned about it in the hart-redman report, before the attack on 9/11 and after three years of study, it said the greatest threat o
administration and a gingrich administration, i look forward very much to working with you, as was said earlier, i have a long history of working with the israel, i look forward seeing you all in the up coming campaign. thank you, very, very much. [ applause ] mr. speaker, we do in fact have time for a question or two, i would like to pose this one. can you elaborate on the ways in which, beyond specifically the threat to israel, you see a nuclear capable iran threatening the broad range of...
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the obama administration went to work. one of the most successful examples of diplomacy i have seen, the obama administration pulled out all its lobbying, we
the obama administration went to work. one of the most successful examples of diplomacy i have seen, the obama administration pulled out all its lobbying, we
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the obama administration's counterterrorism efforts, and some of the specific ways that today's justice department is working to protect the american people from terrorism and other urgent threats. before i welcome our speaker, i want to acknowledge and welcome several distinguished guests who are among us this afternoon. first joining us from the department of justice, are gary grinler chief and staff and counselor to the attorney general and former acting deputy attorney general. a proud northwestern law alum from the class of '76, and also an alumnus of northwestern's school of speech and now school of communication. we welcome gary back home. we also welcome stuart dellry, senior counsel to the attorney general and acting assistant attorney general for the civil division for the department of justice. gary shapiro, for the northern district of illinois, and christopher beech, deputy chief of the national security section of the u.s. attorney's office for the northern district of illinois. i'm also pleased to welcome northwestern university president, mr. shapiro, provost daniel wind
the obama administration's counterterrorism efforts, and some of the specific ways that today's justice department is working to protect the american people from terrorism and other urgent threats. before i welcome our speaker, i want to acknowledge and welcome several distinguished guests who are among us this afternoon. first joining us from the department of justice, are gary grinler chief and staff and counselor to the attorney general and former acting deputy attorney general. a proud...
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the house energy and subcommittee will look at the obama administration's decision to deny a permit for construction of the keystone oil pipeline. live coverage gets a started at 8:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 2. on c-span 3, a congressional oversight hearing investigates the government's handling of fires that happened during some of the testing of the chevy volt electric vehicle and that gets started in one hour at 8:00 eastern. >> for more resources in the presidential race, use the campaign 2012 website to watch videos of candidates and the campaign trail. read the latest from candidates, political reporters, and people like you from social media sites at c-span.org/campaign 2012. >> coming up in a moment, today's news and your reaction to last night's state of the union speech by the president's, live on "washington journal." the house will be in session at 9:00 a.m. eastern. congresswoman gabrielle giffords will officially handed her resignation to house leaders this morning. a number of members will come to the floor to talk about their colleagues. the arizona democrat was shot when
the house energy and subcommittee will look at the obama administration's decision to deny a permit for construction of the keystone oil pipeline. live coverage gets a started at 8:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 2. on c-span 3, a congressional oversight hearing investigates the government's handling of fires that happened during some of the testing of the chevy volt electric vehicle and that gets started in one hour at 8:00 eastern. >> for more resources in the presidential race, use the...
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administratio administration, one subject the obama administration has talked a lot about. it's also a subject that has been criticized a lot about. and it's actually played -- i think -- at least surprising to me, surprisingly large role of visions of american power. surprisingly large role in the campaign. before i turn it over, introduce our panel and turn it over to them, i would like to announce that the compilation of all of these sets of 12 papers and responses is now available, and as of this week, has actually shown up. it's a volume called campaign 2012. some of these papers we've already had the events for. some of them we have not already had the events for, but we will be doing so over the next few remaining months of the campaign. the books are available at a table outside this hall, when you guys leave. and i hope you enjoy it. so to discuss today's subject, the main paper was written by bruce jones. who is a senior fellow in governance studies here, and at nyu, as well. and our response papers were written by homi karas also a fellow in global economy and de
administratio administration, one subject the obama administration has talked a lot about. it's also a subject that has been criticized a lot about. and it's actually played -- i think -- at least surprising to me, surprisingly large role of visions of american power. surprisingly large role in the campaign. before i turn it over, introduce our panel and turn it over to them, i would like to announce that the compilation of all of these sets of 12 papers and responses is now available, and as...
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the event was part of what the obama administration has designated as national consumer protection week. >> all right, well, thank you, ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. thank you all for being here today. my name is michael bresnick, director of the fraud task force, i would look to start out by thanking georgetown university law center for hosting this very special event that we have had and are having here today. for allowing so many leaders throughout the department of justice and in fact from more than 20 different federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies and auflss as well as nine different consumer protection groups to gather together under one roof to talk about critical issues that affect millions of americans all across the country every day. four weeks go today, united states attorney general eric holder announced they yags y c of the consumer protection group, punctuating his commitment to preventing and prosecuting fraud against some of our most vulnerable citizens. during his time as attorney general, he has charged civil attorneys, and criminal prosecutors t
the event was part of what the obama administration has designated as national consumer protection week. >> all right, well, thank you, ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon. thank you all for being here today. my name is michael bresnick, director of the fraud task force, i would look to start out by thanking georgetown university law center for hosting this very special event that we have had and are having here today. for allowing so many leaders throughout the department of justice and...
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the obama administration had no intention to pull up stakes. that base is neither vacated or being vacated from washington. it is a standoff. here is where the bird gave some will go rubber co the tiny forgot 10 strip of land did not belong to pakistan. but then the sign of friendship, flew to stand aside from being spectacular garden of the been wonders, is among the few wintering grounds of the bird held in high esteem among hunters from the uae and saudi arabia and carter. the poor bird was the bird of prey four falcon nest. the royalty was pleased to have this foothold and right away they build themselves a sizable waiting strip to have easy access to get to the remote corner of the world. of the sheik's say it is the challenge of about 10. telling them you're kirk at the time it was built, the falcon is the fastest bird on earth. the houbara bird is weary with the number of tricks in. my single favor parts. [laughter] it is a gross. [laughter] and the ability to eight negative a dark green slime a violently from its event. do know what the
the obama administration had no intention to pull up stakes. that base is neither vacated or being vacated from washington. it is a standoff. here is where the bird gave some will go rubber co the tiny forgot 10 strip of land did not belong to pakistan. but then the sign of friendship, flew to stand aside from being spectacular garden of the been wonders, is among the few wintering grounds of the bird held in high esteem among hunters from the uae and saudi arabia and carter. the poor bird was...
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at the beginning of the obama administration, he served at treasury, and then went back to princeton and was the backed by the president to become the chairman of the council of economic advisors, a position he assumed a year ago. we're pleased to have you here, and everybody wants to know one thing. are we going to fall off the fiscal cliff or not? what is the answer? >> the answer is that we should not, because these are solvable problems. we are working away at them. the president yesterday met with business leaders to discuss end-of-the-year issues, the fiscal cliff, also areas of concern to business. the day before he met with labor leaders, other leaders, and the president's approach has been clear all along. he is looking for a balanced solution, a solution that is balanced in terms of raising additional revenue, raised from the most fortunate top 2% income earners in the u.s., also reduces spending, so i think the president's position has been clear. these are solvable problems. we have them within our capacity to solve them. it is a matter of political will. >> let's talk ab
at the beginning of the obama administration, he served at treasury, and then went back to princeton and was the backed by the president to become the chairman of the council of economic advisors, a position he assumed a year ago. we're pleased to have you here, and everybody wants to know one thing. are we going to fall off the fiscal cliff or not? what is the answer? >> the answer is that we should not, because these are solvable problems. we are working away at them. the president...
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also, middle east expert on the obama administration's response to the arab spring, afghanistan, iraq, and the israel/palestinian peace process. part of book tv this weekend on c-span 2. >>> you're watching american history tv on c-span 3. every weekend, hear historic speeches by national leaders and eyewitness accounts of events that shaped our nation and watch our series "american artifacts" and learn which artifact teaches about the past. 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. eastern on american history tv on c-span 3. >> next weekend, head to the state capital named in honor of thomas jefferson in jefferson city, missouri. literary life with book tv on c-span 2, former senator of missouri and first lady gene carnahan. if walls could talk, also a provisions list for the university of missouri's special collection. the stories behind eight miniature babylonian clay tablets on american history tv. >> at one time in
also, middle east expert on the obama administration's response to the arab spring, afghanistan, iraq, and the israel/palestinian peace process. part of book tv this weekend on c-span 2. >>> you're watching american history tv on c-span 3. every weekend, hear historic speeches by national leaders and eyewitness accounts of events that shaped our nation and watch our series "american artifacts" and learn which artifact teaches about the past. 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. eastern...
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a few weeks after he ranted about the obama administration's meager tentative proposal to help a relatively small number of homeowners caught in the jaws of financial crisises, the losers as he referred to them, a few weeks after he delivered that ramp the new thing called the tea party owned tax day. remember that tax day 20709 when the tea party exploepded with the tea bags and the lawn chairs. remember glen beck when he was still on the tv. remember when he got on stage and told the tea partiers that their moment had come. they rallied effectively against health reform. specifically, president obama's proposed law providing coverage for millions of new people while requiring everyone to buy health insurance. here is the tea party response to those ideas in 2010. they are challenging law maikers outside the u.s. capitol just before the final vote on the bill. this kind of scene does not want to make me buy a tricorner hat. the tea party was maybe onto something. whether the tea party itself motivated voters maybe debatable as a proposition but with their out sized outer rage they represen
a few weeks after he ranted about the obama administration's meager tentative proposal to help a relatively small number of homeowners caught in the jaws of financial crisises, the losers as he referred to them, a few weeks after he delivered that ramp the new thing called the tea party owned tax day. remember that tax day 20709 when the tea party exploepded with the tea bags and the lawn chairs. remember glen beck when he was still on the tv. remember when he got on stage and told the tea...
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. >>> the obama administration's budget request for the state department next year totals $52 billion. the slight increase over this year. secretary of state hillary clinton testified before the house foreign affairs committee recently about the budget and u.s. foreign policy. this is two and a half hours. >>> the meeting will come to order. because the secretary must leave at 4:00 after opening remarks, i will ask the secretary to summarize her testimony and then we will move directly to the questions from our members. given the vote situation the ranking member will be recognized to deliver his opening remarks, if we are going to be interrupted by votes but here you are and there's no problem. i want to give my remarks and then yours because you were going to be -- without objection members may have five days to submit questions for the record. madam secretary, welcome back to the committee to discuss the administration's foreign relations budget request. all of us have great respect for you, madam secretary, our nation faces unsustainable deficits so we must justify every dollar we
. >>> the obama administration's budget request for the state department next year totals $52 billion. the slight increase over this year. secretary of state hillary clinton testified before the house foreign affairs committee recently about the budget and u.s. foreign policy. this is two and a half hours. >>> the meeting will come to order. because the secretary must leave at 4:00 after opening remarks, i will ask the secretary to summarize her testimony and then we will move...
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under the obama administration of red tape and endless government studies have discouraged new federal permitting. the energy renaissance we heard of today is taking place almost exclusively on private lands. we have a chart to be able to note how 96% of the new production that is occurring is occurring on private land, rather than on public land that is a loss of royalties and a loss of lease to the american taxpayers. based on new regulations issued last month, it appears this trend of underutilization of federal lands will continue and may also be push and spread into private lands as well. the department of the interior through the bureau of land management just proposed sweeping regulations of hydraulic fracturing on federal and indian lands that duplicate state regulations and threaten the decades old primacy. the federal government is in any better position to regulate fracking than the states and blm did not claim the states are not doing a good job. the president's blm merely asserts they are proposing the regulation on the basis of public concern. ironically, this public conc
under the obama administration of red tape and endless government studies have discouraged new federal permitting. the energy renaissance we heard of today is taking place almost exclusively on private lands. we have a chart to be able to note how 96% of the new production that is occurring is occurring on private land, rather than on public land that is a loss of royalties and a loss of lease to the american taxpayers. based on new regulations issued last month, it appears this trend of...
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. >> i'll give real credit to the obama administration. they been very good on investment. president obama was the first democrat in 30 years without an open investments. why? because foreign direct investment to the u.s. creates jobs that are disproportionately export oriented, disproportionately manufacturing oriented, and our 50% more likely to be unionized. this is capital we should be fighting for. i think we need to approach in the second obama term with the second -- same degree with confidence going to the point michael me. i think the world agree to engage with us. angela merkel proposed the free trade agreement in her speech issue. i think we should pick up on that and go for it. there's a trans-pacific partnership being negotiated out in asia, chinese are not part of the negotiation but they follow it very, very closely. let's just proceed with confidence because i think people want us to. >> you mentioned china, thank goodness. can't have a discussion with out china. jonathan and i were in china this year. everywhere we went jonathan doggedly woodpaneled the chi
. >> i'll give real credit to the obama administration. they been very good on investment. president obama was the first democrat in 30 years without an open investments. why? because foreign direct investment to the u.s. creates jobs that are disproportionately export oriented, disproportionately manufacturing oriented, and our 50% more likely to be unionized. this is capital we should be fighting for. i think we need to approach in the second obama term with the second -- same degree...
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however, if he backs away from that position, russia has ery incentive as it did before the obama administration's drift toward russia to go back to helping iran and frustrating international consensus on iran. it's hard to see how that knits together for romney and his advisers kind of play that away rather than deal with it head on. >> spencer ackman, national security writer for wire.com's danger room. i'm sorry you were denied the opportunity to walk out today. >>> maximum information, minimum elapsed time. the wonkiest two minutes in television are coming up next. >>> you've probably heard the name sanford weill or sandy weill. he's to wall street bankers say what jerry seinfeld is to sitcoms. if you don't pay much attention, he's the one you have probably heard of. he used to run citibank. he got really, really, really rich doing it. today on cnbc, he said that the united states government should break up the big banks. you know, the big banks like citi which he ran. imagine jerry seinfeld saying there should be no more primetime sitcoms or tony bennett saying no more crooning? that's what s
however, if he backs away from that position, russia has ery incentive as it did before the obama administration's drift toward russia to go back to helping iran and frustrating international consensus on iran. it's hard to see how that knits together for romney and his advisers kind of play that away rather than deal with it head on. >> spencer ackman, national security writer for wire.com's danger room. i'm sorry you were denied the opportunity to walk out today. >>> maximum...
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i can only guess what putin makes of the obama administration. he got a congratulatory call from the oval office spirit then that exchange picked up by a microphone that president obama did not know was on. he told putin to give him space. why is that flexibility with russian leaders is more important to him than transparency for the american people? [applause] now the president did have a moment of candor the other day. he said the actions of venezuelan dictator hugo chavez have not had a serious national security impact on us. in my view, inviting hezbollah into our hemisphere is severe, serious and a threat. i will recognize it as such. [applause] but at least he was being consistent. this is the president who faltered when the iranian people were looking for support in their struggle against the ayatollah. that uprising was treated as an inconvenient problem for the president of policy engagement instead of a moral opportunity. that misjudgment should never be -- when unarmed men and women find the courage to stand against their oppressors, t
i can only guess what putin makes of the obama administration. he got a congratulatory call from the oval office spirit then that exchange picked up by a microphone that president obama did not know was on. he told putin to give him space. why is that flexibility with russian leaders is more important to him than transparency for the american people? [applause] now the president did have a moment of candor the other day. he said the actions of venezuelan dictator hugo chavez have not had a...
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we will also continue working with the obama administration to implement our joint beyond the border initiative. this is our plan to deepen our economic and security links to our most important partner. however, at the same time, we will make it a national priority to ensure we have the capacity to export our energy products beyond the united states and specifically to asia. in this regard, we will soon take action to ensure that major energy and mining projects are not subject to unnecessary regulatory delays. that is delay merely for the sake of delay. this compliments work we're already doing, and that we will move forward on with the canadian federation of independent business to cut the burden of red tape for entrepreneurs. we will also undertake significant reform of our immigration system. we will ensure that while we respect our humanitarian obligations and our family reunification objectives, we will make our economic and labor force needs the central goal of our immigration efforts in the future. as i said earlier, one of the backdrops for my concerns is canada's aging popu
we will also continue working with the obama administration to implement our joint beyond the border initiative. this is our plan to deepen our economic and security links to our most important partner. however, at the same time, we will make it a national priority to ensure we have the capacity to export our energy products beyond the united states and specifically to asia. in this regard, we will soon take action to ensure that major energy and mining projects are not subject to unnecessary...
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the obama administration has filed to believe untreated brief that says maybe. it says that at least when it comes to a suit like this one guy which involves an allegation by foreigners, against a foreign other than a conspiracy allegedly appalling nigerian government that have been entirely overseas, that the statute should not reread to apply. walking back, there are positions sometimes they apply to overseas territorial conduct. so it is not clear what kind of supreme court will draw. they differ a lot to the position in cases like this because they involve the foreign affairs relationship that the united states and certainly will be important. it seems unlikely they will prevail in the supreme court on this allegation, but it is an important controversy that a lot of companies face. not a lot, but a figure amount of companies face human rights lawsuits and this is going to be the supreme court case that decides whether it's going to go forward. the supreme court is going to also take a d. out those of the famous wal-mart versus dukes case. wal-mart was most
the obama administration has filed to believe untreated brief that says maybe. it says that at least when it comes to a suit like this one guy which involves an allegation by foreigners, against a foreign other than a conspiracy allegedly appalling nigerian government that have been entirely overseas, that the statute should not reread to apply. walking back, there are positions sometimes they apply to overseas territorial conduct. so it is not clear what kind of supreme court will draw. they...
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still of unemployment under the obama administration. we of more than we did under president reagan and -- after the recession of 1982. i do think that governor mitt romney, as a businessman, has more experience. i think obama's policy, we are facing huge tax increases. higher costs for everyone. harder to make ends meet and harder for businesses to create jobs. there has been some job creation under the obama administration. it is bailouts for companies that got favors from the obama administration and past contributors to the obama campaign, such as solyndra. that cost the taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars. it ended in bankruptcy and all those jobs are going away. host: i want to get one more comment here, one more call before the end of the show. the last is steve, from springfield, virginia. caller: good morning. mr. pope, it seems to me you have it all together. have you considered running for u.s. senate for north carolina? guest: no. i have done my share of public service. i ran for lieutenant governor. i won the primary,
still of unemployment under the obama administration. we of more than we did under president reagan and -- after the recession of 1982. i do think that governor mitt romney, as a businessman, has more experience. i think obama's policy, we are facing huge tax increases. higher costs for everyone. harder to make ends meet and harder for businesses to create jobs. there has been some job creation under the obama administration. it is bailouts for companies that got favors from the obama...
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what is the first item for the second obama administration? guest: the first question is the so-called fiscal cliff, which no one wants the country to go over but no one as a way to fix. the president will spend most of the next year working on that. he will have staff issues to work on with turnover in his cabinet, and the senior levels in the west wing as well. those are the most pressing things he will take on first. host: margaret talev, what did you hear from him wednesday about negotiations on the fiscal cliff? guest: you heard him say he reached out to leadership and that he was serious about tackling this. vice president joe biden, in more detail, also said that he has had conversations and they are serious about doing this. a big part of this is in terms of perception, is the president reaching out and engage in more than he has in the past, and not just with republicans, but his own party. host: bloomberg's headline -- " dial tumble's most in one year after presidential elections." guest: what if he had not reached out, right? part o
what is the first item for the second obama administration? guest: the first question is the so-called fiscal cliff, which no one wants the country to go over but no one as a way to fix. the president will spend most of the next year working on that. he will have staff issues to work on with turnover in his cabinet, and the senior levels in the west wing as well. those are the most pressing things he will take on first. host: margaret talev, what did you hear from him wednesday about...
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the obama administration has focused on fixing failing schools and there has been a laser focus on effectiveness in treating -- teaching. the mitt romney campaign has little interest in proving schools -- in improving schools as well. providing vouchers for parents. neither side is recognizing those reforms will be far less successful of children are given a poor foundation in the first place. if kids are growing up in an popper's conditions and have little access to the rich, curiosity driven conversations they need in those young couriers, those reforms will not go anywhere. until we start getting serious about the problem we're talking about today. schools will put up lots of resources. we really need children to be of enormous with theirs focus of flexible thinking, deeper background knowledge in multiple subject matters and the way they're integrated into today's world. wouldn't it be smarter as thinking of them as education dollars? our investment as a country, wouldn't it be smarter to use those investments to be fought loading? to make sure that we are setting children up to succeed in t
the obama administration has focused on fixing failing schools and there has been a laser focus on effectiveness in treating -- teaching. the mitt romney campaign has little interest in proving schools -- in improving schools as well. providing vouchers for parents. neither side is recognizing those reforms will be far less successful of children are given a poor foundation in the first place. if kids are growing up in an popper's conditions and have little access to the rich, curiosity driven...
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. >> i heard all of your remarks wider look back at the obama administration making it past two massive pieces of legislation? obamacare and dodd/frank. that does not sound like the death of liberalism. >> you don't? >> it was a death call it was a wake-up we have had enough and we find out more and more about the health care and we have rejected it. people who would never interested in politics rejected it. this is a problem i anticipated with a conservative audience. you cannot get over the fact the last years of the holy roman empire. not wholly. not roman. not to empire. if obama is not bad read the to the fall he will be so hemmed did we will hover real fight to on our hands but we will if he is beaten we have to work like hell to come up with alternative programs that paul ryan has but to to sit around and moan about obamacare coming he had the senate and the house and the presidency he seems to think he had the supreme court. obamacare is examples of overreach those attempts will eventually or have already secured his fate. >> as a follow-up 1/2 pence of the supreme court strikes
. >> i heard all of your remarks wider look back at the obama administration making it past two massive pieces of legislation? obamacare and dodd/frank. that does not sound like the death of liberalism. >> you don't? >> it was a death call it was a wake-up we have had enough and we find out more and more about the health care and we have rejected it. people who would never interested in politics rejected it. this is a problem i anticipated with a conservative audience. you...
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three years after the obama administration bailed out the giant, general motors is firing on all cylinders and posted its most profitable year ever. it paid back half of the $50 billion it received. but the 30% stake in the company could be seen as a financial and political liability. over the next hour, we will discuss this american comeback story as well as gas prices and fuel economy and the move to electric cars. along the the way, we will include questions from the audience here at the commonwealth club in san francisco. mr. akerson was head of global buyout at an equity firm in washington d.c. he was ceo of general industry. please join me in welcoming dan akerson to climate one. [ applause ] >> dan, thank you for coming. >> thank you. >> gm has had a good year. where is it now and where are you taking the company in years ahead? >> we had the best year we ever had in the history. we posted record profits. i hope that is not the last applause i get. >> depends on profits next year. >> you are only as good as last quarter. where are we today? you know, i had been ceo of a couple of co
three years after the obama administration bailed out the giant, general motors is firing on all cylinders and posted its most profitable year ever. it paid back half of the $50 billion it received. but the 30% stake in the company could be seen as a financial and political liability. over the next hour, we will discuss this american comeback story as well as gas prices and fuel economy and the move to electric cars. along the the way, we will include questions from the audience here at the...
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and the funding that you seek, and what -- i know the administration, the obama administration has been involved in u.n. reform efforts. so those two aspects, what are the national security interests of the u.s.'s continued involvement at the u.n.? and what reforms are still needed? >> thank you very much. there are so many ways in which the dollars we spend and the programs they support at the united nations advance u.s. national security interests. let's begin with one of the largest elements of our request, which is funds for international peacekeeping operations. the u.n. is present in some 14 countries and engaged in important life-saving missions to protect civilians in places like darfur and the democratic republic of congo. to help build the capacity of fragile states in which we have an interest in their success in places like south sudan and haiti and liberia. it is keeping the peace in fragile places from the golan to kotivore. these are places where we have an interest in security and stability, in protection of civilians, in helping to foment and stabilize fragile democracy
and the funding that you seek, and what -- i know the administration, the obama administration has been involved in u.n. reform efforts. so those two aspects, what are the national security interests of the u.s.'s continued involvement at the u.n.? and what reforms are still needed? >> thank you very much. there are so many ways in which the dollars we spend and the programs they support at the united nations advance u.s. national security interests. let's begin with one of the largest...
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the fact that the obama administration is even digfying this request let alone actively considering it is scandalous but symptomatic. next slide. this is one of my favorite pictures. it's, of course -- next slide, if we can there. it's really not captioned what's left of our counterintelligence capabilities in the fbi but it should be because now we have the muslim brotherhood telling us what we can know, what we can train to, who we can use as trainers. did you know that? 700 documents have been shredded under mr. muller's direction. 300 briefings because they might give offense to the muslim brotherhood and now we're consulting with them about making sure we don't do this. this would be, and i'm of a certain age and certain of you are, like having the kgb telling us what we can know and think and do about soviet communism. it's madness. next slide. this gentleman, of course, you're familiar with, but did you know he was involved in workplace violence? yes. that's the finding of a report that's been tried in connection with that kind of thing, killing 14 of our countrymen and wounding
the fact that the obama administration is even digfying this request let alone actively considering it is scandalous but symptomatic. next slide. this is one of my favorite pictures. it's, of course -- next slide, if we can there. it's really not captioned what's left of our counterintelligence capabilities in the fbi but it should be because now we have the muslim brotherhood telling us what we can know, what we can train to, who we can use as trainers. did you know that? 700 documents have...
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governor talks about the latest developments in the obama administration birth control directives to religious institutions. and the former new york city corrections later and discusses a new survey about the cost of interrogation. washington journal is next. >> ♪ >> president obama will unveil his 2013 budget request to congress this morning. thousands of pages that make up four volumes. but there is an app that you can download for free on to your smartphone. the printed pages cost about $218. he will unveil the budget at 11:00 a.m. this morning. a proposal projects the deficit for 2012 will top $1.30 trillion before falling to about $900 billion. mitch mcconnell said yesterday that he will offer obama's budget on the senate floor and will predict that it will fail. we will get to the budget later this morning. first, can recent time magazine wealthy orout the risk poor, does it matter for the oval office? you can also send us an e-mail or go to our twitter page. or post your comments on facebook. we already have some comments on our facebook page this morning. let me read one fr
governor talks about the latest developments in the obama administration birth control directives to religious institutions. and the former new york city corrections later and discusses a new survey about the cost of interrogation. washington journal is next. >> ♪ >> president obama will unveil his 2013 budget request to congress this morning. thousands of pages that make up four volumes. but there is an app that you can download for free on to your smartphone. the printed pages...
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first of all, what sort of reaction to the european -- generally to the obama administration's decision to take two of the four combat brigades, army brigades out of europe. and what's the impact? >> i appreciate the opportunity to address that because i think we have been quite successful in explaining what was thinking. i've been in berlin, lithuania and copenhagen. to think about it even with people imagining it somehow we were reducing our presence in europe. the fact is those brigade combat teams have been fighting in southwest asia for the past decade. and the issue the defense department was rethinking was after this decade of heavy presence of spend iing hundredsf billions of dollars, what was the right posture to move forwa forward? and we have had the opportunity to explain this thinking to o our -- and moving forward even after the brigade combat teams even if they do not run, during
first of all, what sort of reaction to the european -- generally to the obama administration's decision to take two of the four combat brigades, army brigades out of europe. and what's the impact? >> i appreciate the opportunity to address that because i think we have been quite successful in explaining what was thinking. i've been in berlin, lithuania and copenhagen. to think about it even with people imagining it somehow we were reducing our presence in europe. the fact is those brigade...
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comments for david pietrusza live at noon eastern on "in depth" and also a middle east expert on the obama administration's response to the arab spring, afghanistan, iraq and the israeli/palestinian peace process. that's sunday night at 9:00, part of "book-tv" this weekend on c-span 2. >>> next, a conversation on the $500 billion in automatic pentagon budget cuts that are scheduled to begin next january. a panel looks what the those spending cuts could mean for u.s. priorities. from the brookings institution, this is an hour and ten minutes. >> i'm peter singer. i'm very excited to welcome you all back to this discussion on sequestration and the nation's defense. as i wrote about in a recent article in politico, i'm a bit frustrated by a strange thing that's happening in defense politics today. now, rather than focusing on the very compromise of both, and i'll say the word, tax rather than revenue, and -- and entitlement reform, that the congressional supercommittee was intended to force. the discourt out there in defense discussions seemed to be a cross between two strategies. one is a de
comments for david pietrusza live at noon eastern on "in depth" and also a middle east expert on the obama administration's response to the arab spring, afghanistan, iraq and the israeli/palestinian peace process. that's sunday night at 9:00, part of "book-tv" this weekend on c-span 2. >>> next, a conversation on the $500 billion in automatic pentagon budget cuts that are scheduled to begin next january. a panel looks what the those spending cuts could mean for u.s....
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we have seen over the past few months tremendous leadership from secretary clinton and president obama calling for an aids-free generation with ambitious targets that are achievable, real-world, real lives. around the world we see leadership as the leading single predictor for whether a program will succeed or fail. to be blunt, look at south africa. what a dramatic turn around from denial to acceptance and leadership in addressing the hiv epidemic. i think we need to hold countries throughout the world accountable for continuing and achieving that leadership and in the u.s. we need to ensure there is not only the leadership that we have at the federal level but also at the state and local level where we are seeing states not treat people with hiv, seen localities step back from commitments they had prosecute and leadership at every level is the strongest predictor of success or failure of hiv and other public health programs. >> thank you. thank you so much for spending this time with us. please join me in thanking him. thank you very much. >> if you missed any of this event it is ava
we have seen over the past few months tremendous leadership from secretary clinton and president obama calling for an aids-free generation with ambitious targets that are achievable, real-world, real lives. around the world we see leadership as the leading single predictor for whether a program will succeed or fail. to be blunt, look at south africa. what a dramatic turn around from denial to acceptance and leadership in addressing the hiv epidemic. i think we need to hold countries throughout...